Moscow, according to Kyiv, is menacing NATO ships in the Black Sea

Kazakhstan revised its 2021 budget and increased spending by 1.3 trillion tenge ($3.045 billion) to 15.3 trillion tenge in a bid to support the country's so-called "real" economy.

A BP-led consortium produces oil at Azerbaijan’s giant off-shore Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfields, which account for most of the country’s oil production.